I wasn’t expecting to fall in love with this book so much! I loved it from the very first page; I even read the acknowledgments because I didn’t want to be finished with this story LOL

I can’t actually think of anything that I disliked about Sky In the Deep; the pacing was great, there was phenomenal character development, the world is so interesting and the way you get immersed into it was fantastic. If anything it was maybe a little predictable but the story went in the way I hoped it would so I didn’t mind that at all. I would have liked for it to be longer as well so that we could get even more into the world building, but it was still good as is

One of my favourite things about this book is the emotionally vulnerability of the characters. Eelyn is what I want when I say I want a strong female character; she will kill someone without hesitation if they threaten her or her loved ones but she also isn’t afraid to cry and is very in touch with her emotions. All of the characters are like that, which I really enjoyed seeing especially with all these big, manly, Viking men. One of my favourite lines in this book, and the moment that Eelyn’s father became my second favourite character (right behind Fiske) was “My father looked them over carefully, left to right he stood beside me, his sword still hanging at his side. The glisten of tears still shone on his cheeks, but my father was a dangerous man. Anyone could see that.” This book portrayed strong but emotionally vulnerable characters so well; no one was afraid to cry or scream or mourn, but every single one of them was strong when they needed to be. Absolutely loved every single one of these characters.

I also loved the romance. I’m a big fan of slow burning romance and this one was perfect for me. They put their families and the safety of their people before their interest in each other which I thought was fantastic, it drives me nuts in books where the love interests throw away their whole lives and everyone else they love for the sake of a new relationship. But in this, both were still willing to die for their people rather than hide out somewhere and be together. Thank. Fucking. God.

I could honestly keep ranting about Sky In The Deep forever but I’ll leave it at that, 100% would recommend this book to anyone and everyone!